Global Energy Balance Network

And so we come to the first food-related legal news of the year:
"The Coca-Cola Company, with the help of the American Beverage Association, is deceiving consumers about the harms of consuming Coke and other Read More

Coca-Cola's (completely self-inflicted) transparency woes continue -- this time in Australia.
Today's The Age newspaper has the details.
Highlights:
"Coca-Cola is bankrolling a campaign to focus the discussion Read More

The last domino in the Coca-Cola funded Global Energy Balance Network debacle has fallen. The following message appears when one visits the group's website:
"Effective immediately, GEBN is discontinuing operations due Read More

More coverage of the Coca-Cola/Global Energy Balance Network debacle (scooped by The Associated Press yesterday), courtesy of Anahad O’Connor at The New York Times:
“Coca-Cola’s top scientist is stepping down after Read More

Today, The Associated Press shared excerpts of emails from late 2012 between leaders of The Global Energy Balance Network (GEBN) and Coca-Cola executives, “when the network was still just an idea.”
If GEBN rings a Read More

This past August, Anahad O'Connor of the New York Times reported on Coca-Cola's habit of funding of health professionals and health organizations. The company's latest multi-million dollar project, the innocuous-sounding Read More

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